Setup of Project

1. clone the repo to your local machine

git clone https://github.com/Ezi-code/eventplanner.git

2. chanage directory into the projects directory from your teminal(mac or linux) or command prompt(windows)

cd eventplanner

3. install requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

• make migrations by runniing

python manage.py makemigrations

and

python manage.py migrate

to create the database tables

• run

python manage.py createsuperuser

and follow the prompt to create an admin accounts.

4. start django server

python manage.py runserver

5. open the app in your browser by visiting

localhost:8000

Credentials for testing

login to localhost:8000/admin with:

• username: root
• password: asdf
• emial: [email protected]

Summary Of System Features

Creating an event

You can only create an event if you have an accounts. Registering to attend events on the other hand does not require you to have an accounts.
When you set up to create an event, you will be presented with a form that will take the details of the event.
A second form will be displayed after the event details form for you to create event budget. insert 0 in fields that you have no expenses.

Dashoard

The system have a dashboard that shows summary of your event activities.
Use the dashboard to see your guest list, the amount generated from ticket purchase and even make changes to your events.
Events can be managed deleted and edited from the dashboard.

Google Calendar API integration

• With google calndar api integrated into this project, you need to enble google calendar api and on the google developer cloud console and create credentials. there is a walk-through on the google developer home page that will guide you through the process.

• Save your downloaded credentials file in the main app folder and and rename the file as creds.json, this will allow django to automatically locate the file and use if for api authentication and verification when creating calendar events from the app.